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NEWS and REPORTS => Nigerian News => Topic started by: emezico on Sep 28, 2011, 08:18 AM

Title: Post-UTME Not Necessary For Admission - JAMB Registrar
Post by: emezico on Sep 28, 2011, 08:18 AM
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The Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Professor Dibu Ojerinde, has said that the conduct of post-Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) by universities and polytechnics in the country after the JAMB examinations by candidates is not necessary.

Speaking at the second combined technical committee meeting on admissions to degree-awarding institutions, National Diploma (ND), Nigeria Certificate in Education (NCE) and National Innovation Diploma (NIDA) at the University of Ilorin, Ilorin, on Monday, Professor Ojerinde said the post-UTME was being conducted as a result  of the nefarious activities prevalent in the present society.

He said parents, guardians and even supervisors of examinations in tertiary institutions, in most cases, connived with students to perpetrate examination malpractices.

"As far as I am concerned, post-UTME is not necessary. But it is the society that will determine whether it is necessary or not."

The JAMB registrar also said that the board was planning to license cyber café operators in Nigeria to prevent its candidates from being exploited during UTME registration exercise.

Tribune